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Wrong-way driver causes Raleigh crash

A wrong-way driver hit a van carrying children on Capital Boulevard in Raleigh Wednesday evening, police said.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A wrong-way driver hit a van carrying children on Capital Boulevard in Raleigh Wednesday evening, police said.

No one was seriously injured. Charges are expected, but have not yet been filed.

Police say the wrong-way driver hit the van, causing it to go off the road and down an embankment. 

There was speculation that the wrong-way driver fled the scene, but police later realized the driver went down the embankment to help the children.

 

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